Alexander Metz was born in Den Helder and he had his cultural education at the Art academy (ABK) in The Hague. At the end of the 1930's he was the one of the main artists of Doe Mee magazine. During the War he made some so-called 'Kabouterboekjes': 'Het Zilveren Luciferdoosje' ('The Silver Matchbox') and 'Bimbo en de Cocosvogel' ('Bimbo and the Cocosbird'). In the 1950's he worked as an illustrator for De Groene and at the same time he was a professor at the Amsterdam Academy (the later Rietveld Academy). Another comic is 'Pukkel en de Blauwe Ogen van Jan Beilder'.
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